The Khronos Group Releases SYCL 1.2.1
The specification for SYCL 1.2.1, which is based on OpenCL 1.2, has been finalized and released on the Khronos website. The describe it as a major update over the previous standard, SYCL…
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Acer Releases PE320QK Pro 4K IPS Display
Acer announced their PE320QK professional display several months ago, but it is now available. Before we get too far into the specifications, and there are some things that need to be…
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Qt 5.10 and Qt 3D Studio Released
The latest version of Qt, 5.10, has released today. While many developers will likely stick on the 5.9 branch for long-term support, 5.10 brings several flashy features to the C++ framework....
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DigitalFoundry Discusses Xbox Backwards Compatibility
While not directly relevant to our PC enthusiast demographic, DigitalFoundry has just published a discussion about Xbox One backwards compatibility for Xbox 360 and Original Xbox games. There will be a written…
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Plants vs Zombies: Game of the Year Is On the House
Plants vs Zombies is now available “On the House” through Origin. This means that it’s free, forever, if you claim it onto your account while it’s still active. Think of...
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Rumor: Intel Intentionally Holding Back 10nm
According to Fudzilla’s unnamed, “well-placed” sources, Intel could have already launched a 10nm CPU, but they are waiting until yields get better. This comment can be parsed in multiple ways....
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Rumor: Intel Core i7-9700k Could Have 8 Cores (16 Threads)
WWCFTech has collected a few rumors, based on AIDA64 release notes and HKEPC, about Intel’s CPU launches for the upcoming year. There are some ambiguities, however. First...
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Because Why Not Plug Your PC into a Drier Outlet?
While it looks like the product has made an appearance on their blog as early as July, FSP Technology Inc. has just officially announced their FSP2000-A0AGPBI ATX power supply....
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The Khronos Group Expands Presence in China
The Khronos Group has added a couple of new partners from China: The China Academy of Information and Communication Technology (CAICT) and Tencent. The former is a research institute for China’s Ministry…
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The Khronos Group Releases OpenVX 1.2 Conformance Tests
OpenVX is an API that enables computer vision in a range of applications, from gesture tracking to surveillance to robotics. This version includes the neural network nodes (convolution, deconvolution, etc.) as well…
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NoScript 10 Goes WebExtensions for Firefox 57+
While I like the flexibility that JavaScript brings to the web, I also like that tools exist to control it. NoScript is a relatively popular Firefox extension that does just that. When…
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NVIDIA Discontinues Mental Ray One Year After Relaunch
Back in SIGGRAPH 2016, NVIDIA announced that they would take control of Mental Ray’s licensing and development. The new product was in beta at the time, boasting a new global...
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